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Article 3 – Accountability of the Authorities ⬅️ | ➡️ Article 5 – Legal status
Article 4 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply:
(1)
‘financial market participant’ means any person in relation to whom a requirement in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) or a national law implementing such legislation applies;
(2)
‘key financial market participant’ means a financial market participant whose regular activity or financial viability has or is likely to have a significant effect on the stability, integrity or efficiency of the financial markets in the Union;
(3)
‘competent authorities’ means:
(i)
competent authorities and/or supervisory authorities as defined in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2);
(ii)
with regard to Directives 2002/65/EC and 2005/60/EC, the authorities competent for ensuring compliance with the requirements of those Directives by firms providing investment services and by collective investment undertakings marketing their units or shares;
(iii)
with regard to investor compensation schemes, bodies which administer national compensation schemes pursuant to Directive 97/9/EC, or in the case where the operation of the investor compensation scheme is administered by a private company, the public authority supervising those schemes pursuant to that Directive.